Matt Lanza 🤌🏼 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Dad x2, husband, meteorologist, editor @TheEyewallWx managing editor @SpaceCityWx in #Houston. @RutgersU alum. Weather, books, sports cards. Opinions mine alone
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
Eric Jay DolinMatt Lanza 🤌🏼@bhillin0324 Some other ones I’d consider: “Hurricane Watch,” by Bob Sheets (good history of hurricanes) “A Furious Sky,” by Eric Jay Dolin (accessible history/meteorological account of hurricanes) “Rising Tide,” by John Barry talks about how the 1927 Mississippi flood impacted America.
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways
Tyler J. KelleyMatt Lanza 🤌🏼Next book up will be “Holding Back the River,” by Tyler J. Kelley. This is an obvious one for me. Should focus on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri and the challenges they and their residents face. I’m a sucker for a good Mississippi River book. https://t.co/WqTtnjvpV8
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
Ben EhrenreichMatt Lanza 🤌🏼Starting “Desert Notebooks” tonight. This is (as I understand) a travelogue slash desert ode slash musing on climate change and life and the chaos of the late 2010s by Ben Ehrenreich. As someone (ironically) drawn to desert landscapes, I’m looking forward to this. https://t.co/geSxZfzLWL
Paperback, 2021
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence WrightMatt Lanza 🤌🏼After reading a bunch of 9/11 and Afghanistan books, I think if I pick three of them to get a sense of what, why, and what happened next: “The Only Plane in the Sky,” which everyone should read by @vermontgmg “The Looming Tower,” by Lawrence Wright “The Afghanistan Papers”
Paperback, 2007
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Evicted
Aman C. NyotaMatt Lanza 🤌🏼All I can say is wow. @Isabelwilkerson’s “Caste” was one of those books that challenges you, your worldview, your experiences. This instantly makes my list of books every American should read (along with “Evicted” and “Just Mercy.”) https://t.co/tHCf91VRUA
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel WilkersonMatt Lanza 🤌🏼Next up for me is “Caste,” by Isabel Wilkerson. Going to try to hurry up and finish this book before someone bans it in Texas. https://t.co/lviwRCqc6u
Paperback, 2023
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane That Transformed New England
Stephen LongMatt Lanza 🤌🏼@bhillin0324 That last one is a bit denser, but if she likes history at all, it’s fascinating. “Thirty-Eight,” by Stephen Long is different. It talks about the 1938 New England hurricane in the context of forests and how you can see scars today. If she likes trees or nature 👍🏼.
Paperback, 2017
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
John M. BarryMatt Lanza 🤌🏼@bhillin0324 Some other ones I’d consider: “Hurricane Watch,” by Bob Sheets (good history of hurricanes) “A Furious Sky,” by Eric Jay Dolin (accessible history/meteorological account of hurricanes) “Rising Tide,” by John Barry talks about how the 1927 Mississippi flood impacted America.
Paperback, 1998
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth
Jack WilliamsMatt Lanza 🤌🏼@bhillin0324 Some other ones I’d consider: “Hurricane Watch,” by Bob Sheets (good history of hurricanes) “A Furious Sky,” by Eric Jay Dolin (accessible history/meteorological account of hurricanes) “Rising Tide,” by John Barry talks about how the 1927 Mississippi flood impacted America.
Paperback, 2001
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Terrific!
Sophie GilmoreMatt Lanza 🤌🏼“Terrific!” By Sophie Gilmore is a fantastic kid’s book.
Hardcover, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book